Hall of Fame
Julianne Moore ($7,000)
Chuck Lorre ($12,300)
Alonzo Mourning ($28,300)
Pam Dawber ($2,000)
Murray Waas ($250)
Mancow Muller ($6,000)
Dan Reeves ($17,000)
Tyler Perry ($4,600)
George Steinbrenner ($254,600)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Majel Roddenberry ($3,000)
Bill Pullman ($1,500)
Tom Kite ($2,000)
Garrison Keillor ($67,653)
Don Johnson ($6,000)
Arnold Schwarzenegger ($20,250)
Robert Kraft ($333,350)
Andy Griffith ($2,500)
Charlotte Rae ($7,850)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Larry Mize ($2,250)
Alan Autry ($1,000)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
Franco Harris ($39,030)
Gretchen Wilson ($2,300)
Patricia Richardson ($10,050)
Cedric 'the Entertainer' Kyles ($2,500)
Larry Flynt ($48,074)
James L Dolan ($438,200)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Samantha Mathis ($3,125)
Robert Smigel ($8,100)
Amber Tamblyn ($4,300)
Pete Seeger ($3,700)
Kate Spade ($445)
Rosanna Arquette ($17,300)
John Ramsey ($2,000)
Greg Kinnear ($1,000)
Felicity Huffman ($2,750)
Hale Irwin ($1,000)
Sally Kirkland ($1,300)
Ken Burns ($36,500)
Julie Taymor ($25,500)
David Limbaugh ($8,850)
Jim Kelly ($4,000)
Maria Bello ($4,300)
Caroline Rhea ($1,700)
Ben Bradlee ($250)
Steven Weber ($4,300)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Rod Steiger
, 1925-2002 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
726
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
STEIGER, RODNEY STEVEN LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 ACTORJACKSON, JESSE LOUIS (D) President JESSE JACKSON FOR PRESIDENT 88 COMMITTEE-CALIFORNIALost $1,000 primary 05/27/88
STEIGER, RODNEY STEVEN LOS ANGELES, CA 90048 ACTORDELLUMS, RONALD V (D) House (CA District: 09) COMMITTEE FOR CONGRESSMAN RONALD V DELLUMSWon $1,000 primary 01/08/88
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 10/6/08 — 15,706,073 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,034
2,562
GIs Killed in Action
3,385
389
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
796
151
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,530
1,616
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated October 11, 2008
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 10/6/08
15,706,073 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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